Walton railway station (Pakistan)

Coordinates: 31°29′15″N 74°21′15″E / 31.4874°N 74.3542°E

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Walton Railway Station

والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن

General information

Coordinates

31°29′15″N 74°21′15″E / 31.4874°N 74.3542°E

Owned by

Ministry of Railways

Line(s)

Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

Other information

Station code

WTNS

Services

Preceding station	Pakistan Railways			Following station
Kot Lakhpat towards Kiamari		Karachi–Peshawar Line		Lahore Cantonment towards Peshawar Cantonment

Walton Railway Station (Urdu: والٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن) is located in Walton cantonment, Lahore district of Pakistan's Punjab province. It is named after Sir Cusach Walton, son of Frederick Walton.^[1]

History

In March 1930, a training school of North West Railways, now known as Pakistan Railways Academy, was founded which was inaugurated by the then Governor of the Punjab, Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency.^[1]

Incidents

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1998

On the Tuesday morning, 10 March 1998, a bomb blast occurred here in a Lahore-bound train killing at least 10 and wounding more than 80 people. State authorities described the bomb as a timing device that was planted at an earlier stop. Pakistan blamed India for orchestrating the attack. There was no claim of responsibility.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Walton Cantonment". GlobalSecurity.org.
^ "Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

External links

Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

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